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HOLOCEPHALAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does holocephalan mean?
• HOLOCEPHALAN (noun)
The noun HOLOCEPHALAN has 1 sense:
1. fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail
Familiarity information: HOLOCEPHALAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
holocephalan; holocephalian
Hypernyms ("holocephalan" is a kind of...):
cartilaginous fish; chondrichthian (fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holocephalan"):
chimaera (a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail)
Holonyms ("holocephalan" is a member of...):
Holocephali; subclass Holocephali (chimaeras and extinct forms)
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